A 50-year-old woman from the Dominican Republic is suing the Miami-Dade Corrections Department, claiming jail staff examined and photographed her genitals before misidentifying her as male and incarcerating her with more than 40 men.
Pichardo de Veloz filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, claiming she was terrified, humiliated and threatened while jailed for more than 10 hours with men who “tormented, taunted and sexually harassed” her.
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